Question

He said, " i came here yesterday". Change the speech into indirect

Answer 1

He said that he had come here previous day

Answer 2

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The above sentence is just a simple dialogue by the persom, which is denoting a simple statement. Thus, the reporting verb will simply be said/told. Then, as we know that here and yesterday are changed after the conversion of direct to indirect.

• Here - There
• Yesterday - The previous day

⸙ Direct- He said, "I came here yesterday".

⸙ Indirect- He told/said that he came there the previous day.

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⸙ How to change direct to indirect.....?!

• Using a linker like that for joining the speaker's part and his dialogue.
• The pronouns like I, We etc. are changed according to the sense.
• If Reporting verb is past tense, then we do necessary changes like: Simple Present to Simple past, present perfect to past perfect etc.
• Changing of time and place expressions like now, here, today, tomorrow, yesterday etc. to then, there, that day, previous day, the next day etc.

⸙ Examples.....!!

• Direct- He said,"I am eating now".
• Indirect - He said that he is eating then.
• Direct- Rita said," I will watch the movie tomorrow."
• Indirect- Rita said that she would watch the movie the next day.

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